Global Golf Post, March 6, 2017

MENS PRO WGC MEXICO CHAMPIONSHIP globalgolfpost com MARCH 6 2017 DUSTIN PROVES HIMSELF A MAN OF THE WORLD WHO Dustin Johnson WHAT WGC Mexico Championship WHERE Club de Golf Chapultepec Mexico City HOW With a final round 68 to finish at 14 under 270 one better than Tommy Fleetwood and two better than Ross Fisher and Jon Rahm WHAT IT MEANS If anyone doubted Dustin Johnson was the No 1 player in the world he answered that in Mexico City winning his first start as the top ranked player He also won his fourth World Golf Championship which is more than anyone else except Tiger Woods who won 18 of them Johnson won the way he does with relentless ballstriking and good putting Not great putting Good putting He missed six putts inside 10 feet in the first round and that tendency continued through the weekend but Johnson made enough longer putts on Chapultepecs tricky greens to separate himself Bogeys at the 12th and 13th holes briefly knocked Johnson out of the lead but he steadied himself coming in putting an exclamation point on his victory with an outstanding approach shot on the final hole from an awkward spot in a fairway bunker Beyond Johnson the biggest event to this point in 2017 was revealing in many ways Though two long three putts at Nos 16 and 17 ruined his chance of winning Jon Rahm reinforced the notion that hes a new force in the game He came at the leaders on the back nine playing a five hole stretch 4 under par to briefly gain the lead before letting it slip away By holing a long birdie putt on the 18th hole Tommy Fleetwoods second place finish was good enough to land him a spot in The Masters Strange as it sounds it was just the fourth tournament Rory McIlroy has played in 21 weeks and after a fast start that surprised him and gave him the 36 hole lead McIlroy had nothing special on the weekend Still his presence near the top of the leaderboard hinted at him being closer to top form than perhaps some thought after his long break due to a rib injury As for Phil Mickelson it was a rollicking week splashed with scintillating spells offset by too familiar bursts of wild shots off the tee Justin Thomas probably didnt imagine shooting 1 over par in the final round with a chance to win but it happened RESULTS Ron Green Jr

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